Serious Fire on a Coal Ship
A fire broke out on the ship Aristomene, in Newcastle harbour, between 8, and 9 o’clock Saturday morning. The vessel, which is an iron ship of 1750 tons, was lying at the…
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Colors From Coal Tar
Prof. Watson Smith, of Owens College, Manchester, England, in speaking of colors obtained from coal tar, recently said: "Formerly they used to rely principally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chess. Problem No. 181. By Dr. S. Gold. BLACK—1 piece
White to play and mate in TWO moves…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Gold Discovery in Wales
London, April 10.—Mr W. H. Smith replying in the House of Commons to a question put by Mr Hugh Watt, member for Camlachie (Glasgow), stated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cablegrams. Colliery Explosion
London, April 20.—A colliery explosion has occurred at Workington, and seventeen men were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discovery of Gold in Cooma. Sydney
A great sensation has been caused at Cooma by the discovery of a gold reef extending along part of the railway line, and through the town for some three miles. Some stone from this reef…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Kimberley Goldfield
Under date of Derby, March 30, a correspondent writes:—“According to the latest accounts from the goldfields the general opinion seems be that the future of Kimberley as a…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Mining Boom at Copabella
Our Jingellic correspondent writes:ââ Silver is now the only subject of discussion in this district. I could have given you an account of the state of affairs before, but considered it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Morgan’s Gold Discoveries in Wales. London, April 29
An interim injunction has been granted restraining Mr. W. P. Morgan from removing gold from the field discovered by him at Gwynfynnydd, in Wales, without the consent…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Kimberley Goldfields
A correspondent writing from Derby, West Kimberley, W.A., on April 3, says :— “Since my last letter the other day I have had later trustworthy intelligence from the gold fields,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Mining Speculations
THERE is a glamour about suddenly becoming wealthy “beyond the dreams of avarice,” as some one in the past has termed it, and the mining wave of speculation which has swept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial Rabbit Commission. Further Experiments with M. Pasteur's Scheme. Meeting of the Executive Committee. Deputation to the Minister for Mines
In connection with further experiments which have been made by the representatives of M. Pasteur for the purpose of demonstrating their method…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Fatal Explosion in a Mine
A telegram dated Kansas City, March 29, says : " News reached here this evening of the most terrible mine calamity in the history of Missouri, the scene of the disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Mining Camp Tragedy
When Jim Israel turned his left side to Buck Gibbins and parted his fourth and fifth ribs to accommodate Buck’s knife, the miners on the Green-horn set about to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Warning to Mining Investors
The Auckland papers are warning the public concerning company promoting and undue speculation, and fear that in fineness are at work which will do the goldfields and district…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Floating a Bogus Mining Company
A great bubble was hurst at Broken Hill a few days ago. A man named Rose, a prospector, got Messrs. M'Millan and Carnegie to float the South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Hero of the Mines
Superintendent Keating relates the following exhibition of unexampled coolness and heroism (says the Virginia, Nev., Chronicle) on the part of James…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Mining Leases at Orange
At midnight last night an expedition started to re-peg the forfeited mining learns at Orange. They went over the old pegs by lantern light, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold in Copper and Zinc Ores
Mr. Bartley sends us the following :—The following authentic assays of the ores from the Mawddach Valley district. North Wales, may interest some of your mining readers : (1) Copper pyrites, 20oz. gold to the ton ; (2)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Gold Discovery in Wales
London, Monday.—Morgan, the discoverer of the gold mine in North Wales, is forming a company with a capital of £200,000 to work the mine…
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